Stretcher

The term carrier ( or colloquially stretcher ) refers to a device with a non -ambulatory person in mostly lying state of - depending on the design - one or more helpers ( n ) can be transported.

Use find useful especially in emergency services and disaster protection, but for example also in the medical service of the military. There they are used for simple and yet gentle transfer of patients.

When wearing, which are equipped with a chassis, one also speaks of " driving wearing ".

Although the term refers specifically those stretcher frames, on which the dead are transported, but are "carrying " and " grave" colloquially often used interchangeably.

Ambulance service

Modern Wear feature a removable chassis ( provided with rollers ), which allows the movement of the carrier by only a helper and reduces the physical burden on the helper. For transport over stairs or rough terrain but always several people are still needed. Generally, carriers are to provided with four handles for the helpers.

In modern emergency services, it is necessary to use wearing which satisfy increased demands not only on the robustness of the material, but also the comfort and safety of the patient. In addition, it must be possible to store increased from the trunk of the patient's head part. If possible, the chassis should be justified by different possible positions of various typical situations, such as the patient's rearrangement of fighting a volume deficiency shock by elevation of the foot end etc. These carriers are generally provided with cushioning material and also allow the additional use of a bean bag or other Immobilisationssets. Different belts contribute to the safety of the patient during transport. Furthermore, there are already many wearing additional infusion stand or device holders for defibrillators, ventilators, syringe pumps, etc.

Important and prescribed within Germany by state laws on meeting the needs disinfection and cleaning of the stretcher. Only through the implementation of appropriate hygiene measures damage to the next patient can be avoided.

Standardize

There are some areas, standardized versions of wear, so, the DIN 13024 the basic requirements of stretchers in civil and disaster protection. This increases the cross-regional compatibility of the auxiliary equipment of the units. Apply for military medical services in accordance with the standard STANAG 2040. Driving wearing to the European standards EN 1789 and EN 1865 correspond.

The EN 1865, inter alia, writes common minimum requirements for the design of stretchers and other patient handling equipment used before, which are used in hospitals or ambulances for treatment and transportation of patients. At the same time sets the EN 1789 requirements, testing and equipment for the transportation and safety of patients resistant.

An essential part of EN 1789 is a dynamic crash test in which the vehicle carrying system with a g - force of 10 in any direction; forwards, backwards, sideways and is tested vertically. Patient safety should be ensured in the event of an accident the ambulance. The examination of the driving wearing regard to the behavior in the event of a crash occurs with the help of a trolley, which accelerated to about 32 km / h and is decelerated with a delay device. The apparent g - force during the delay makes high demands on the carrying system represents the pictures show the test configuration and the fixation of the drive to carry on the trolley.

EN 1789 - Crash test drive before carrying system & reverse

If a stretcher passes the test without the parameters of the test setup to hurt and does not leave the mount, it has passed the dynamic test in accordance with EN 1789.

Other forms

• For gentle, proper rescue and relocation of trauma patients ( injured persons, particularly in cases of suspected spinal trauma ) scoop stretchers are used.

• So-called Combi Wear unite scoop stretcher and carrying chair. Such support can be shared in both the extended and the bent state. Thus, patients can be seated picked up and carried.

• Grinding basket stretcher

• Grinding basket

• Rescue Sheet

• Spine Board

• Letzi mobile, motorized stretcher

Manufacturer

Known manufacturers of wearing for rescue services required include the Company Ferno, Stryker and Stollenwerk.

Dt. Development 1871-1914

The development in the medical service dedicated to Lübeck in several military out of service. They had experienced the flaws in the 1870 /71 and tried to make improvements. Thus did to, inter alia, Henry Kuehne out here.

The competence of the column and its development with the support of the local regiment was publicly demonstrated with a medical column exercise annually.

• Lübeck medical team

Transporting a wounded

Rescuing a wounded for transport

The labeled wounded on the station platform Lübeck

Departure of the hospital train on October 27, 1914

In the middle image is right behind the hockendem paramedics that Henry Kuehne. For example, a support frame was developed, which in the exercise of 1914 - the transport took place only by boat, then by train - was last publicly demonstrated in Lübeck in peacetime. This was able to convince so far that the hospital trains and ships pulled into the First World War with supporting frames of the so-called system of Lübeck.